10 Best Nail Polishes

Looking for an instant accessory upgrade? Outfit your nails in one of these top-rated nail polishes

Like a killer scarf or a one-of-a-kind necklace, your nail polish color can be a key accessory. Whether you get your nails done at a beauty salon or DIY, the key to the ideal mani/pedi is great nail polish. And there's really nothing like the feeling of freshly lacquered nails.

Because we live in the age of instant gratification, we expect a lot from our polish. For starters, color choice is of the utmost importance: It has to speak to you, be in season and fit for the event you're attending. Beyond that, the nail polish has to be a good value (read: long-lasting and not too expensive) and look on your nails the same way it looks in the bottle. Plus, since we're always looking for ways to slice time off our beauty routines, we also want our nail polish to dry super-fast. Finally, it must be chip-resistant.

Think our standards are too high? Or can one polish really do all of these things? Our readers tried and tested many a polish to weed out the not-so-great ones from the gems, and here we deliver their top 10 favorite nail polishes.

Guess, I'm a gusher of Wet 'n' Wild it is a good polish and you can't beat the $$$ - I also thin my nail polish when it appears too thick but with ordinary remover - it works girls. ESSIE is overpriced for what you get. Not in my everyday budget. 'That's all FOLKS'